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consulate in benghazi. if you'd like to see all of today's hearing again, you can watch it live in our video library at c-span.org. the u.s. house gafflings in momentarily for morning hour speeches, legislative business begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern with over two dozen bills on the agenda including the re-authorization of the federal emergency management agency. later this week in the house, a disapproval resolution on the obama administration's waiving of some welfare work requirements. over in the senate, work continues on a veterans' jobs bill with procedural votes coming up shortly in the senate. they're live on c-span2. later this week in the senate, they will take up a continued federal spending for fiscal year 2013 which begins october 1. the house passed that bill, their version of the bill last week. the current fiscal year ending september 30. now live to the house for morning hour here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication fr
consulate in benghazi. if you'd like to see all of today's hearing again, you can watch it live in our video library at c-span.org. the u.s. house gafflings in momentarily for morning hour speeches, legislative business begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern with over two dozen bills on the agenda including the re-authorization of the federal emergency management agency. later this week in the house, a disapproval resolution on the obama administration's waiving of some welfare work requirements. over in...
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we believe the majority is against this. >> all of this instability has a crippling impact of benghazi's ambition to rebuild. this town was abandoned last year by its chinese developers. they and other foreign investors have yet to return. most libyans support their democratic projects and this city has a largely positive feel. a handful of radical militants to still spoil everything. >> of the complications of post-gaddafi of libya. the president of georgia has said the country's entire prison staff will be suspended after a video merged showing inmates being severely abused. prisoners are shown being badly beaten, one is sexually assaulted. relatives of the inmates attempted to storm the facilities where the abuse allegedly happened. an inquiry in the u.s. has uncovered serious management failures in a sting operation that would let gunrunners smuggle weapons to mexico. agents in the operation known as operation fast and furious lost the weapons. the attorney general was cleared of any wrongdoing. there was a record summer melting. satellite images show the icecap melted back of the ti
we believe the majority is against this. >> all of this instability has a crippling impact of benghazi's ambition to rebuild. this town was abandoned last year by its chinese developers. they and other foreign investors have yet to return. most libyans support their democratic projects and this city has a largely positive feel. a handful of radical militants to still spoil everything. >> of the complications of post-gaddafi of libya. the president of georgia has said the country's...
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two questions, first of all, they said benghazi. they had some warning for egypt. what does the actual intelligence mean? >> when you are in a threatened environment and the ambassador goes outside the compound, especially in benghazi, that has been a source of recruiting for al-qaeda for some time, extra caution should have been taken. one should argue at a dangerous place on 9/11 he doesn't go out at all. but the tragedy that four people are dead, it doesn't matter what the excuse is beforehand, there was a massive failure here. >> let's go back to my earlier point. why do you need a warning when you are in a place where there are extremists that don't like americans, and whatever purpose and he was heartless in libya, it was so obvious people didn't want us here. islamic extremists don't want us there, they want their law. >> unless you think everyone is fine. and you think things are going well in the middle east. but if your notion is that the war on terrorism is over and we've won, what's the threat really? what could go wrong? >> whatever happened to that --
two questions, first of all, they said benghazi. they had some warning for egypt. what does the actual intelligence mean? >> when you are in a threatened environment and the ambassador goes outside the compound, especially in benghazi, that has been a source of recruiting for al-qaeda for some time, extra caution should have been taken. one should argue at a dangerous place on 9/11 he doesn't go out at all. but the tragedy that four people are dead, it doesn't matter what the excuse is...
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so i guess the question is, can you operate in a place like benghazi that you really don't have central government control out of tripoli, you're often dealing with militias and in that you really don't have a good sense of what the threats are out there. i'm sure they're doing some very careful investigations and i'm sure they're looking at the question of hour we need to button up even more. i want to make the point in these circumstances you cannot expect everything to be buttoned up before you do diplomacy. manage risk, get out there and try to deal with the local popula populace, kind of help them and keep your eyes very much open. so it's a very tough job. >> and we should point out, you were ambassador in macedonia when there was violence there. you faced a potential takeover of your posting as well. you know exactly what you speak. i think we've got some pictures from those protests back in the day. >> yeah. it was a situation where we also didn't have marines and we were surrounded by 10,000 people, took down our fences, burned all our vehicles, and i was in a safe room with so
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it is not in our interest to let our consulate in benghazi libya go unguarded. to say this was not a coordinated attack by islamic radicals is a very dangerous misunderstanding of what happened. bill: there are two points i want to get to in the short time we have left. you say it defies common sense that this was spontaneous. you're calling for congressional investigation. what do you think was at work here? >> look at egypt. did anybody come with a truckload of mortars? did anybody come with heavy weapons to breach the walls in egypt? what was up here was a preplanned attack in my view of islamic radicals trying to drive us out of libya and undercut the libyan government. the salafists want us to leave. they could care less about a modern egypt. we're fighting forces of people who will live with us differently than we are but in peace in the modern world versus people who will take us into the darkness. i think congress should investigate what happened at our consulate in libya because i think, the difference between a planned attack and a riot is night and da
it is not in our interest to let our consulate in benghazi libya go unguarded. to say this was not a coordinated attack by islamic radicals is a very dangerous misunderstanding of what happened. bill: there are two points i want to get to in the short time we have left. you say it defies common sense that this was spontaneous. you're calling for congressional investigation. what do you think was at work here? >> look at egypt. did anybody come with a truckload of mortars? did anybody come...
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including one honoring the diplomats killed in benghazi, libya. also today, re-authorization of fema. and that's all coming up beginning at 2:00 p.m. votes after 6:30. live coverage here on c-span. up until then, more reaction from the fundraising comments of mitt romney back in may. host: and a very good morning on this september 19. let me show you how that romney reaction is playing around the papers. here is the front page of the "arizona republic." host: we'll be going through all of these papers this morning. want to show you another. "hartford courant" -- host: and we want to hear from you this morning. for republicans, to get your sense of what this story means, how much it's going to play in this election and as you, republicans, are calling in this morning, we want to go to james homan of "the politico" this morning to talk about the reaction yesterday. james, thanks for joining us. caller: good to be with you, john. host: take us to the headline. how the romney team tried to play the story as it snowballed yesterday for the campaign. ca
including one honoring the diplomats killed in benghazi, libya. also today, re-authorization of fema. and that's all coming up beginning at 2:00 p.m. votes after 6:30. live coverage here on c-span. up until then, more reaction from the fundraising comments of mitt romney back in may. host: and a very good morning on this september 19. let me show you how that romney reaction is playing around the papers. here is the front page of the "arizona republic." host: we'll be going through...
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consulate in benghazi. he was part of the private security force hired to protect our diplomats overseas. governor duval patrick attended the weak yesterday for this american hero who died trying to protect those who weren't able to protect themselves. once again, glen doherty is being laid to rest today. this is in winchester, massachusetts. hundreds of mourners already in place. flags line his family's neighborhood we're told and placed along the funeral route. glen doherty laid to rest today. >>> turning to politics, brand new polls to tell you about in the race to to the white house. they run the gamut from the economy to battle for the swing states but they all seem to point to one thing. we'll tell you more about that coming up. jenna: also, jon, christmas may be months away but never too early, is it? jon: never. jenna: to talk about the must-have toys for the holiday season. we'll give you the list next jon: fox news is your election headquarters and a slew of new polls in the race for the white hou
consulate in benghazi. he was part of the private security force hired to protect our diplomats overseas. governor duval patrick attended the weak yesterday for this american hero who died trying to protect those who weren't able to protect themselves. once again, glen doherty is being laid to rest today. this is in winchester, massachusetts. hundreds of mourners already in place. flags line his family's neighborhood we're told and placed along the funeral route. glen doherty laid to rest...
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syria britain and america have sent the next the very people who most of the american ambassador in benghazi well the people that we sent into libya and bombed libya so that they could come to power there so that they could force there and everybody knows the americans now acknowledge that the al-qaeda is inside syria in very significant numbers. well you have full coverage of the global rallies on our website where we've got a timeline aviv adds. plus you can also find out about how you too could be in for a total ban in russia along with other countries were the website is already inaccessible all that much more at r.t. dot com. the french president's plans to impose a seventy five percent tax rate on the rich are forcing the country's highest earners out of the country as francois hollande is struggling to fill a massive gap in the budget the tax strategy threatens to backfire with france losing an entrepreneurial class best able to revive its economy are just as are still you know reports. when the world's fourth richest men a frenchman bernard know asked for belgian citizenship some of
syria britain and america have sent the next the very people who most of the american ambassador in benghazi well the people that we sent into libya and bombed libya so that they could come to power there so that they could force there and everybody knows the americans now acknowledge that the al-qaeda is inside syria in very significant numbers. well you have full coverage of the global rallies on our website where we've got a timeline aviv adds. plus you can also find out about how you too...
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there in syria britain and america have said next the very people who mock the american ambassador in benghazi well the people that we sent into libya and bombed libya so that they could come to power there so that they could force there and everybody knows the americans now acknowledge that the al-qaeda is inside syria in very significant numbers i think myself that it's a good thing when america realize that they cannot for around the world invading and occupying other people's countries whenever they feel like it that the empire strikes back. we can get a full coverage of the global rallies on our website it's where we also have a time line of the events to find out about how. russia along with other countries as well where the website is already. it's good to have you with us here in r.t. today the french president's plans to impose a seventy five percent tax rate on the rich forcing the highest earners out of the country as francois hollande is struggling to fill a massive gap in the budget the tax strategy threatens to backfire with france losing an entrepreneurial class best able to rev
there in syria britain and america have said next the very people who mock the american ambassador in benghazi well the people that we sent into libya and bombed libya so that they could come to power there so that they could force there and everybody knows the americans now acknowledge that the al-qaeda is inside syria in very significant numbers i think myself that it's a good thing when america realize that they cannot for around the world invading and occupying other people's countries...
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funeral services today from one of the four people who died in last week's attack at the consulate in benghazi, libya. the former navels sea seal. libyan authorities say they arrested several people in connection with the attack. inistration is responding to charges the consulate attack in the deal was premeditated. the why houseo back of libyan claims that it was claimed. the say it appears to have been sparked by an anti islam film. he talked about the attack with a late night host david letterman. >> the reality is the ambassador chris stevens, he was on the person who was first in libya and help to advise us and liberating libya from gaddafi the former dictator. so, this was a guy who was actually beloved by the vast majority of libyans. >> do you bogus files to find those responsible. the film that spark this has been barred in several countries. >> police say a man wrote he was watching kids and would not mind telling them. authority said they found several guns in this house which overlooks the schools. he reportedly reference the cullerton movie shootings and some of his post. >> the s
funeral services today from one of the four people who died in last week's attack at the consulate in benghazi, libya. the former navels sea seal. libyan authorities say they arrested several people in connection with the attack. inistration is responding to charges the consulate attack in the deal was premeditated. the why houseo back of libyan claims that it was claimed. the say it appears to have been sparked by an anti islam film. he talked about the attack with a late night host david...
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and if more facts come to light that change our assessments of what transpired in benghazi and why and how to we will welcome those facts and make you aware of them. again, based on the information that we had at the time and half to this day, we do not have evidence that it was premeditated. it is a simple fact that there are imposed war with libya, armed groups, bad actors, has still to the government, hostile to the west, hostile to the united states. and as has been the case in other countries in the region, it is certainly conceivable that these groups take advantage of and exploit situations that developed, when they developed o protest against or attack either westerners, americans, western sides to more american sites. again, this is something that is under investigation. we have provided you our assessment based on the information that we have had as it has become available to as more permission becomes available. we will make clear what the investigation has revealed. >> around afghanistan, given some of the developments that we have seen, does the president still believe tha
and if more facts come to light that change our assessments of what transpired in benghazi and why and how to we will welcome those facts and make you aware of them. again, based on the information that we had at the time and half to this day, we do not have evidence that it was premeditated. it is a simple fact that there are imposed war with libya, armed groups, bad actors, has still to the government, hostile to the west, hostile to the united states. and as has been the case in other...
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doherty was working as a private security contractor in the consulate at benghazi when he and the former ambassador from america were killed last week. he was 42 years old and served two combat tours in the iraq war. he retired from the s.e.a.l.s seven years ago. >>> and also churning out of the gun operation program known as fast and furious and the one that has been dogging the obama administration since last year. there is a long awaited report due out by the justice department, the inspector general in fact, and it may be released some time today. you will recall that the botched investigation was supposed to monitor the head honchos invo e involved in illegal gun running to mexico, but it is also being blamed for contributing to crimes, and not stopping them, and also been linked to the killing of a u.s. border agent. the republican-controlled house voted to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress for failing to turn over documents that were related to the case. holder did turn over thousands, but there were many that were not turned over as well. joe johns is moni
doherty was working as a private security contractor in the consulate at benghazi when he and the former ambassador from america were killed last week. he was 42 years old and served two combat tours in the iraq war. he retired from the s.e.a.l.s seven years ago. >>> and also churning out of the gun operation program known as fast and furious and the one that has been dogging the obama administration since last year. there is a long awaited report due out by the justice department, the...
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we have seen it in bank as a -- benghazi where despite a large security presence, a u.s. ambassador was killed. this suggests we are moving into a world that will be more and more difficult to continue to depend on governments protecting our diplomats because the skit -- the investments required to deal with 400 people, they have huge implications for the number of embassies he can run. >> it will have to remain for the host government. this is an increased threat. that does not reduce the other threats -- the attempt on the life of our ambassador in benghazi. this does that mean other threats are being reduced. there is no way of avoiding the prime responsibility of being host nation. there are many circumstances in which host nations fully lived up to these responsibilities. what we are hearing about your is the exception to that. across the middle east, host nations often do an outstanding job in -- and their police forces often do a great job protecting foreign embassies. where they fall down than to that task, then we have discussions with those governments. that is
we have seen it in bank as a -- benghazi where despite a large security presence, a u.s. ambassador was killed. this suggests we are moving into a world that will be more and more difficult to continue to depend on governments protecting our diplomats because the skit -- the investments required to deal with 400 people, they have huge implications for the number of embassies he can run. >> it will have to remain for the host government. this is an increased threat. that does not reduce...
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protests began on 9/11 with protests in cairo and benghazi, libya. new concerns about a deadly disease spreading at one of our largest national parks. the outbreak of the hantavirus has infected 9 people, three of them have died. >> reporter: this is not the firsthan --this is not the firss outbreak here. but officials say the number of reported cases could rise. that's putting pressure on scientists to find a cure for this rare but deadly disease. yosemite national park is home to critters that carry potentially deadly diseases. now along with park maps, visitors are getting information about how to avoid the rodent-born illness while health officials look for clues in curry village where the mice were found living in the insulated walls. all but one of the cases originated in tent cabins. but why some people got sick and others didn't remains a mystery. >> the cases have been different cabins, different families. >> 23,000 campers may have been he can posed to the virus. epidemiologists want to know if the virus first identified in 1993 has mutated
protests began on 9/11 with protests in cairo and benghazi, libya. new concerns about a deadly disease spreading at one of our largest national parks. the outbreak of the hantavirus has infected 9 people, three of them have died. >> reporter: this is not the firsthan --this is not the firss outbreak here. but officials say the number of reported cases could rise. that's putting pressure on scientists to find a cure for this rare but deadly disease. yosemite national park is home to...
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for example, after the attack on the benghazi consulate that the right thing to do is you say nothing because when an american ambassador is killed, that probably indicates that some serious mistake happened. that's a good moment to say nothing and to wait for facts to emerge. this president has a record that is difficult to defend in a lot of respects. job creation, bad, economic growth, too slow. and his foreign policy initiative looks like it is going up in flames. that's the place where mitt romney should go. and of course president obama and his team wake up every morning and say how can we make today be about anything other than that? unfortunately so far they're doing pretty well. >> you know, i think this president has a tremendous record to go out there and tell the american people. stabilizing the economy, 30 months of consecutive job growth, bin laden dead, gadhafi gone, al qaeda weakened. look, we shouldn't run this election on the republican terms. nor should president obama have to respond every time mitt romney makes a mistake and try to prop him up. mitt romney has bee
for example, after the attack on the benghazi consulate that the right thing to do is you say nothing because when an american ambassador is killed, that probably indicates that some serious mistake happened. that's a good moment to say nothing and to wait for facts to emerge. this president has a record that is difficult to defend in a lot of respects. job creation, bad, economic growth, too slow. and his foreign policy initiative looks like it is going up in flames. that's the place where...
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the few people had no problems with the remarks and the timing of the remarks after what happened in benghazi. we didn't know how many were dead. but it seems like america agrees with me because the polling came out and niece a dead heat in -- he's in a dead heat in the gallup poll. >> i think you're right. that's the other side of the equation that when money drains, power drains. when you're broke, you lose control of your destiny. and the guys lighten up and running up the al-qaeda flag on burning u.s. embassy compound understand they have nothing to fear. this guy, mitt romney from the coverage in american newspapers, you would think he was already president, that he's somehow responsible for this and responsible for that. no, the guy is responsible is the fellow sitting in the white house. he's the president. american embassies are ablaze. nearly 50 million people on food stamps. this is the obama track record. that's what he hopes to be reelected on. >> brian: i think the american people saw it was out of proportion. i'm curious to see what they think this tape coming out. congratulatio
the few people had no problems with the remarks and the timing of the remarks after what happened in benghazi. we didn't know how many were dead. but it seems like america agrees with me because the polling came out and niece a dead heat in -- he's in a dead heat in the gallup poll. >> i think you're right. that's the other side of the equation that when money drains, power drains. when you're broke, you lose control of your destiny. and the guys lighten up and running up the al-qaeda...